Patents by Inventor Andreas Henne
Andreas Henne has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 7511084Abstract: The invention relates to the acyl- and bisacylphosphine derivatives according to formula (I), wherein Y represents O, S, NR3, N—OR3 or N—NR3R4, Z represents O, S, NR3, N—OR3, N—NR3R4 or a free pair of electrons, and FG represents a leaving group and the remaining groups are defined as in the description. The invention further relates to a method for the production of the inventive derivatives and to their use.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2003Date of Patent: March 31, 2009Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Ralf Noe, Andreas Henne, Matthias Maase
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Publication number: 20050222294Abstract: The invention relates to the acyl- and bisacylphosphine derivatives according to formula (I), wherein Y represents O, S, NR3, N—OR3 or N—NR3R4, Z represents O, S, NR3, N—OR3, N—NR3R4 or a free pair of electrons, and FG represents a leaving group and the remaining groups are defined as in the description. The invention further relates to a method for the production of the inventive derivatives and to their use.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2003Publication date: October 6, 2005Inventors: Ralf Noe, Andreas Henne, Matthias Maase
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Patent number: 6794530Abstract: A process for preparing &bgr;-alkoxynitriles by reacting &agr;,&bgr;-unsaturated nitriles with monohydric, dihydric or trihydric alcohols in the presence of basic catalysts at from −20 to +200° C. comprises using a diazabicycloalkene catalyst of the formula I where from 1 to 4 hydrogen atoms may be independently replaced by the radicals R1 to R4, in which case R1, R2, R3, R4 are each C1-20-alkyl, C6-20-aryl or C7-20-arylalkyl, and n and m are each an integer from 1 to 6.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 1999Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Wolfgang Friedrich, Heinz-Josef Kneuper, Karsten Eller, Andreas Henne, Rolf Lebkücher
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Publication number: 20040116702Abstract: The invention relates to acyl- or bisacylphosphine derivatives according to formula (1), wherein: Y represents O, S, NR3, N—OR3 or N—NR3R54; Z represents O, S, NR3, N—OR3, N—NR3R4 or a free electron pair; Het1 and Het2, independent of one another, represent O, S and/or NR5, and; the other radicals have the meanings as cited in the description. The invention also relates to methods for producing these derivatives and to the use thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2003Publication date: June 17, 2004Inventors: Ralf Noe, Andreas Henne, Matthias Maase
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Patent number: 6388149Abstract: A process for the reaction of an organic compound in the presence of a catalyst comprising, as active metal, ruthenium alone or together with at least one Group Ib, VIIb, or VIIIb metal in an amount of from 0.01 to 30 wt %, based on the total weight of the catalyst, applied to a support, wherein from 10 to 50% of the pore volume of the support comprises macropores having a pore diameter in the range of from 50 nm to 10,000 nm and from 50 to 90% of the pore volume of the support comprises mesopores having a pore diameter in the range of from 2 to 50 nm, the sum of said pore volumes being 100%, and said catalyst as such.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2000Date of Patent: May 14, 2002Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Thomas Rühl, Boris Breitscheidel, Jochem Henkelmann, Andreas Henne, Rolf Lebkücher, Konrad Knoll, Paul Naegele, Hermann Gausepohl, Sabine Weiguny, Norbert Niessner
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Patent number: 6248924Abstract: A process for the reaction of an organic compound in the presence of a catalyst comprising, as active metal, ruthenium alone or together with at least one Group Ib, VIIb, or VIIIb metal in an amount of from 0.01 to 30 wt %, based on the total weight of the catalyst, applied to a support, wherein from 10 to 50% of the pore volume of the support comprises macropores having a pore diameter in the range of from 50 nm to 10,000 nm and from 50 to 90% of the pore volume of the support comprises mesopores having a pore diameter in the range of from 2 to 50 nm, the sum of said pore volumes being 100%, and said catalyst as such.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 1997Date of Patent: June 19, 2001Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Thomas Rühl, Boris Breitscheidel, Jochem Henkelmann, Andreas Henne, Rolf Lebkücher, Konrad Knoll, Paul Naegele, Hermann Gausepohl, Sabine Weiguny, Norbert Niessner
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Publication number: 20010000035Abstract: A process for the reaction of an organic compound in the presence of a catalyst comprising, as active metal, ruthenium alone or together with at least one Group Ib, VIIb, or VIIIb metal in an amount of from 0.01 to 30 wt %, based on the total weight of the catalyst, applied to a support, wherein from 10 to 50% of the pore volume of the support comprises macropores having a pore diameter in the range of from 50 nm to 10,000 nm and from 50 to 90% of the pore volume of the support comprises mesopores having a pore diameter in the range of from 2 to 50 nm, the sum of said pore volumes being 100%, and said catalyst as such.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2000Publication date: March 15, 2001Inventors: Thomas Ruhl, Boris Breitscheidel, Jochem Henkelmann, Andreas Henne, Rolf Lebkucher, Konard Knoll, Paul Naegele, Hermann Gausepohl, Sabine Weiguny, Norbert Niessner
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Patent number: 6153784Abstract: Halides are removed from halide-containing nitrile mixtures by(a) thermally treating the halide-containing nitrile mixture,(b) subsequently adding a base to the thermally treated nitrile mixture and(c) subsequently separating off the base from the nitrile mixture.Amines are prepared by(A) reacting alkyl halides with metal cyanides in an at least two-phase reaction medium in the presence of halide-containing phase-transfer catalysts to give alkanenitriles,(B) separating off the resulting halide-containing alkanenitrile mixture phase and(C) further treating the halide-containing alkanenitrile mixture phase, as described in the stages(a)-(c) removing halides from halide-containing nitrile mixtures and(d) hydrogenating nitrites obtained in stage (c) to give amines, in the presence of suspended or fixed-bed catalysts.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 1998Date of Patent: November 28, 2000Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Heinz-Josef Kneuper, Hans-Jurgen Weyer, Horst Neuhauser, Johann-Peter Melder, Andreas Henne, Karl-Heinz Ross, Rainer Becker
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Patent number: 6111141Abstract: In the process for preparing N-ethyldiisopropylamine by reacting acetaldehyde with diisopropylamine and hydrogen at elevated temperature and under pressure in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst, the catalyst comprises an oxidic support material selected from the group consisting of zirconium dioxide, titanium dioxide, aluminum oxide, silicon dioxide, zinc oxide, magnesium oxide, cerium dioxide, clays and zeolites or mixtures thereof.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 1999Date of Patent: August 29, 2000Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Karsten Eller, Bernd Fiege, Andreas Henne, Heinz-Josef Kneuper
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Patent number: 6111100Abstract: In a process for preparing bis(2-morpholinoethyl) ether by reacting diethylene glycol with ammonia under superatmospheric pressure and at elevated temperature in the presence of hydrogen and a hydrogenation catalyst, the catalytically active composition of the catalyst prior to reduction with hydrogen comprisesfrom 20 to 85% by weight of aluminum oxide (Al.sub.2 O.sub.3), zirconium dioxide (ZrO.sub.2), titanium dioxide (TiO.sub.2) and/or silicon dioxide (SiO.sub.2),from 1 to 70% by weight of oxygen-containing compounds of copper, calculated as CuO,from 0 to 50% by weight of oxygen-containing compounds of magnesium, calculated as MgO, oxygen-containing compounds of chromium, calculated as Cr.sub.2 O.sub.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 1999Date of Patent: August 29, 2000Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Hartmut Riechers, Joachim Simon, Andreas Henne, Arthur Hohn
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Patent number: 6093677Abstract: A process for dehydrogenating 1,4-butanediol to .gamma.-butyrolactone in the gas phase in the presence of a copper-containing catalyst, wherein the catalyst contains 4-40% by weight of copper and 0-5% by weight of Na.sub.2 O, based on the total weight of the catalyst, on a carrier consisting of 80-100% by weight of SiO.sub.2 and 0-20% by weight of CaO.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 1999Date of Patent: July 25, 2000Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Hans Jochen Mercker, Frank-Friedrich Pape, Joachim Simon, Andreas Henne, Michael Hesse, Ulrich Kohler, Roman Dostalek, Cristina Freire Erdbrugger, Detlef Kratz
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Patent number: 5955620Abstract: A process for dehydrogenating 1,4-butanediol to .gamma.-butyrolactone in the gas phase in the presence of a copper-containing catalyst, wherein the catalyst contains 4-40% by weight of copper and 0-5% by weight of Na.sub.2 O, based on the total weight of the catalyst, on a carrier consisting of 80-100% by weight of SiO.sub.2 and 0-20% by weight of CaO.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 1997Date of Patent: September 21, 1999Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Hans Jochen Mercker, Frank-Friedrich Pape, Joachim Simon, Andreas Henne, Michael Hesse, Ulrich Kohler, Roman Dostalek, Cristina Freire Erdbrugger, Detlef Kratz
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Patent number: 5910612Abstract: The process for preparing anhydrous 2-amino-1-methoxypropane proceeds by(a) admixing a 2-amino-1-methoxypropane-containing water-containing reaction mixture, obtainable from the reaction of 1-methoxy-2-propanol with ammonia on a catalyst, with sodium hydroxide solution, forming an aqueous phase containing sodium hydroxide solution and a 2-amino-1-methoxypropane-containing phase,(b) separating off the 2-amino-1-methoxypropane-containing phase from the aqueous phase and(c) distilling the 2-amino-1-methoxypropane-containing phase, an azeotrope of water and 2-amino-1-methoxypropane, which is recycled to step (a) or (b), first being produced and anhydrous 2-amino-1-methoxypropane then being produced.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 1998Date of Patent: June 8, 1999Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Joachim Simon, Andreas Henne, Heinz Lingk
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Patent number: 5902916Abstract: A process for reacting an organic compound in the presence of a catalyst, wherein the catalyst comprises a homogeneous ruthenium compound or a mixture of two or more thereof deposited in situ on a support.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 1997Date of Patent: May 11, 1999Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Thomas Ruhl, Boris Breitscheidel, Franz Josef Brocker, Wolfgang Reif, Jochem Henkelmann, Karl Heinz Brauch, Andreas Henne
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Patent number: 5895816Abstract: In a process for preparing alkylamines by reacting amines and aliphatic aldehydes in the presence of free hydrogen on a fixed bed catalyst in a reactor in which amines and aldehydes are mixed in the catalyst bed after being fed in in separate streams, only the aldehyde stream or only the amine stream is preheated during the feeding in.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 1998Date of Patent: April 20, 1999Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Heinz-Josef Kneuper, Rolf Lebkucher, Horst Neuhauser, Andreas Henne, Rainer Becker
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Patent number: 5874622Abstract: In a process for hydrogenating an aromatic compound in which at least one hydroxyl group is bonded to an aromatic ring or an aromatic compound in which at least one amino group is bonded to an aromatic ring, in the presence of a catalyst comprising as catalytically active component at least one metal of transition group I, VII or VIII of the Periodic Table applied to a support, the catalyst is obtainable bya) dissolving the catalytically active component or a precursor compound thereof in a solvent,b) admixing the solution thus obtained with an organic polymer which is able to bind at least ten times its own weight of water, giving a swollen polymer,c) subsequently mixing the swollen polymer with a catalyst support material andd) shaping, drying and calcining the composition obtained in this way.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 1997Date of Patent: February 23, 1999Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Boris Breitscheidel, Thomas Ruhl, Klemens Flick, Jochem Henkelmann, Andreas Henne, Rolf Lebkucher
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Patent number: 5847131Abstract: N-Substituted cyclic amines are prepared by reacting diols with primary amines over a copper-containing catalyst which is obtainable by impregnation of an inert support with an aqueous solution of an ammine complex of a readily thermally decomposable copper compound and subsequent drying and calcination and contains from 5 to 50% by weight of copper, calculated as CuO.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 1997Date of Patent: December 8, 1998Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Joachim Simon, Roman Dostalek, Heinz Lingk, Rainer Becker, Andreas Henne, Rolf Lebkucher, Cristina Freire Erdbrugger, Michael Hesse, Detlef Kratz
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Patent number: 5817871Abstract: A process for preparing an amine by catalytic reaction of an olefin with ammonia or a primary or secondary amine by contacting a mixture of the reactants in a reactor at 200.degree. to 400.degree. C. and an elevated pressure up to 700 bar in the presence of a catalyst consisting essentially of an X-ray amorphous (non-crystalline) mesoporous catalyst, some of which may have a microporous non-crystalline content. The catalyst has the compositiona MO.sub.2 * b Q.sub.2 O.sub.3 * c P.sub.2 O.sub.5where Q is at least one of the trivalent elements aluminum, boron, chromium, iron or gallium, and M is at least one of the tetravalent elements silicon, titanium or germanium. The molar ratio of a:b is from 0.5:1 to 1000:1 and the molar ratio of c:b is from 0 to 2:1. As prepared and used in the process, this non-crystalline catalyst has a specific BET surface area of from 200 to 1000 m.sup.2 /g.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 1997Date of Patent: October 6, 1998Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Uwe Dingerdissen, Gunter Lauth, Andreas Henne, Peter Stops, Karsten Eller, Eugen Gehrer
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Patent number: 5773657Abstract: Aromatic compounds in which at least one amino group is bonded to an aromatic nucleus are catalytically hydrogenated in the liquid phase by a process in which the catalyst consists essentially of ruthenium and, optionally at least one metal of subgroup I, VII or VIII in an amount of from 0.01 to 30% by weight, based on the total weight of the catalyst, applied to a carrier which has a mean pore diameter of at least 0.1 .mu.m and a surface area of not more than 15 m.sup.2 /g.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 1996Date of Patent: June 30, 1998Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Heinz Rutter, Thomas Ruhl, Boris Breitscheidel, Jochem Henkelmann, Andreas Henne, Thomas Wettling
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Patent number: 5679868Abstract: A process for the preparation of glutaric dialdehyde by the reaction of alkoxy dihydropyrans of the general formula I ##STR1## in which R stands for C.sub.1 to C.sub.20 alkoxy, with water at temperatures ranging from 0.degree. to 150.degree. C. and pressures of from 0.01 to 50 bar in the presence of a which microporous, crystalline aluminum silicate catalyst, e.g. a beta-type zeolite or pentasil catalyst having a pore diameter greater than 5.4 .ANG..Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 1995Date of Patent: October 21, 1997Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Heinz-Josef Kneuper, Rainer Becker, Eugen Gehrer, Juergen Schossig, Andreas Henne